Turning Off Satan's Tap
Friday, November 22, 2024
“It is true that Satan seeks to flood the fair garden of the heart and make it a scene of desolation, but it is also true that many Christians leave open the floodgates themselves and let in the dreadful deluge as a result of carelessness and lack of prayer to their strong Helper.” – C.H. Spurgeon
You may have seen the TV commercial that features a lady taking a bath who is so relaxed – and so oblivious to her surroundings – that she doesn’t realize that the tub is overflowing and flooding the apartments below hers.
That is eerily similar to the situation that Charles Haddon Spurgeon is describing in today’s quote. Here is what the “Prince of Preachers” has to say about the dangers of prayerlessness.
“We often forget that the Author of our faith must be the Preserver of it also. The lamp that was burning in the temple was never allowed to go out, but it had to be replenished every day with fresh oil; in the same way, our faith can only live by being sustained with the oil of grace, and we can only obtain this from God Himself. We will fail if we do not secure the needed sustenance for our lamps. He who built the world upholds it, or it would fall in one tremendous crash. He who made us Christians must maintain us by His Spirit, or our ruin will be speedy and final.”
Spurgeon then wrapped up his dissertation with the following very probing – and very convicting – questions. “Why faint when you can be strong? Why suffer defeat when you may conquer?”
I don’t know about you, but I plan to “turn off Satan’s tap” at its source by being even more fervent in prayer!
“Pray without ceasing.” I Thessalonians 5:17 (NKJV)
- Rev. Dale M. Glading, President
